Cybersecurity Bill Stalls Again, Executive Order Coming Soon?

Opponents had cited concerns over privacy. The Electronic Frontier Foundation called it "dangerously vague." The legislation, if it had passed, would have watered down existing privacy laws, the EFF claimed.

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